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Enjoy both The Secret Portal and the sequel The Vampire Returns in this great value two book set

The Secret Portal

Room Thirteen might be the smallest bedroom at Earls Boarding School, but newcomers Jack and Simon soon discover that there's far more to their new room than meets the eye when they discover a hidden portal - a portal which leads to another school in the fifth dimension!

The boys quickly find themselves involved in a variety of wonderful and exciting adventures when they start using the portal and meet some of the other-worldly students who are studying there. They make many new and unusual friends including an inept witch, a student from Venus, two ghosts, a nutty gnome and even an angel.

However, things take an unexpected - and frightening - turn when a ruthless and bloodthirsty vampire from the alternative universe also discovers the portal and threatens to bring terror to the human race. It is left to Jack, Simon and their new friends to find a way of saving the world from the wrath of the vampire, the fearsome Gladstone Gore.

Yet how will they manage...when the invisibility potion is running dry, the apprentice Witch spells disaster by turning friends into mice, and trainee shape shifters just can't seem to master their skills? And on top of all this the two resident bullies at Earls are constantly prowling the corridors!

Reno Charlton casts a spell that will leave you breathless from suspense on one page and from laughter on the next.

The Vampire Returns (Secret Portal II)

The New Year at Earls Boarding School starts well for Jack and his friends but danger lurks behinds the seemingly innocent face of Gerry Fellowes.

Gerry, a former school bully, has been infected by a vampire who escaped from the Human Race Studies Academy after Jack and his friends accidentally opened a secret portal between the two worlds. With their memories of the alternate universe having been erased, the boys have no recollection of the vampire and no hint of the horrors ahead.

However, when their other-worldly friends from the fifth dimension are sent to monitor the problem, the boys find themselves on a rollercoaster ride where magical surprises, thrills and shocks seem to be waiting around every corner.

Can Jack and his allies trap and defeat the vampire before he manages to break free of the confines of Gerry's body, leaving the whole world at risk of being taken over by vampires?

This is the thrilling sequel to The Secret Portal in which Reno Charlton takes her readers on a whole new journey into another dimension

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Editorial Reviews

Review

Charmingly illustrated throughout, the book is fast moving and full or likeable characters. Children who love Harry Potter and the Witch & the Wardrobe will certainly enjoy reading 'The Secret Portal' - Jennifer Macaire, eBooks Reviews Weekly

Readers who enjoy the magic of the Harry Potter series will discover a new set of unusual friends witn magical abilites and unexpected happenings in THE SECRET PORTAL - Cindy Penn, Senior Editor Wordweaving.com, Amazon Top 50 Reviewer

Like Harry Potter's JK Rowling, the author, Reno Charlton, uses humor as well as imagination to captivate younger readers. I recommend the book to kids of all ages, especially those suffering from Harry Potter withdrawal - Cassie Masek, Scribes World Reviews

More About the Author

Having been brought up on Enid Blyton, my love of children's magic and fantasy was developed at an early age, with my favourite childhood books being The Enchanted Wood series. As I got older, I continued to read my favourite children's books (which I still do) but also became a big fan of horror, particularly works by Stephen King. I believe that both of these legendary authors have helped to influence my writing and shape my career, enabling me to write in two distinct and different genres catering for both imaginative children and older readers who enjoy stories with a twist.

For the past eight years I have been working as a successful freelance copywriter, creating content for a global client base and in a variety of different genres. However, writing fiction for children is something that I love to do - and using words to give children the opportunity to explore new lands and different worlds using their imagination, as I did as a child, is something that I take pride in doing. I also love to create stories for older readers under my pen name of Emily Ho. These are stories that are created to provide thrills and chills, with each tale having a surprise twist at the end. Some are horror and supernatural, others are gritty urban dramas - but all have a dark undertone to them.

In my twenties, I won a short story competition judged by Curtis Brown Literary Agency, which helped me to become even more determined to pursue a career in writing - The Journey Home is now one of the short stories available on Amazon under my pen name of Emily Ho.

In my early thirties, I spent eight weeks on a reality TV show on prime time TV, but the less said about that the better!Since then, I have dedicated my time to creating content for clients, which is how I make my living, and creating books/stories that capture the imagination of kids and older readers, which is my passion!